About the Authors

Robert Chizimba

Affiliations Health Department, Save the Children International, Lilongwe, Malawi, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nicola Christofides

Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tobias Chirwa

Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Isaac Singini

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Research Project, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Chineme Ozumba

Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Monash, South Africa

Simon Sikwese

Affiliations School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Pakachere Institute of Health and Development Communication, Blantyre, Malawi

Hastings T. Banda

Affiliation Research for Equity and Community Health (REACH) Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi

Rhoda Banda

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program, Community Health Sciences Unit, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Henry Chimbali

Affiliation Health Promotion Services, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Bagrey Ngwira

Affiliation Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Alister Munthali

Affiliation Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi

Peter Nyasulu

peter.nyasulu@monash.edu

Affiliations Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Monash, South Africa, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC PN. Analyzed the data: RC IS PN. Wrote the paper: RC PN NC TC IS CO SS HTB RB HC BN AM. Reviewed for critical content and approved final revision: RC PN NC TC IS CO SS HTB RB HC BN AM.